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AMATEUR STRIPPING, FLYING FISTS AND FEMALE JEALOUSY RATCHET UP THE MADNESS ON THIS WEEK'S EPISODE OF OXYGEN'S "BAD GIRLS CLUB"

Episode Premieres Tuesday, December 16 at 10PM ET/PT

New York � December 15, 2008 � Battle lines are drawn, tempers flare and teapots are flung when Kayla and Whitney get into it over a joke gone too far. This week's episode of "Bad Girl's Club," premieres December 16 at 10PM ET/PT.

The fight starts in the limo on the way home from a club, but the stilettos really come off later that night as Whitney demands an apology and the misunderstanding escalates into a full-blown dustup. At first Ailea and Tiffany gather around to enjoy the free entertainment, but as voices get louder, gestures become wilder and kitchen appliances start flying, they are forced to jump into the melee and physically restrain the girls from scratching each other's eyes out.

On the guy front, things are still looking bleak for boy-crazy Sarah and Amber B., two girls who fancy themselves the "cream of the crop" in their respective hometowns. Sadly, they're discovering that, while they may be hottest girls in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh, Los Angeles�the land of starlets and perfect 10s�is a very different playing field. Poolside, they comfort each other while bemoaning their sudden demotion on the 'hottie' scale. "Back in Milwaukee I was the hot girl and now in LA I'm the average girl and I've never felt average before," laments Sarah.

After their heart-to-heart, the two are thick as thieves until Amber B. finally scores a new guy, promptly rubs it in Sarah's face and accuses her of being jealous. The brawl that ensues ends with Sarah writing Amber off as "dead" to her. But Amber doesn't seem to mind as she ogles her new man's bulging biceps.

Meanwhile things are heating up between Ailea and her internet love interest Kevin. But the roommates are aghast when the much-talked-about but never-seen boyfriend shows up in the flesh.

As the episode winds down, the drama is ratcheted up when an amateur strip night ends with Kayla being rushed to the hospital in a shocking cliffhanger.

Fans who can't get enough of their favorite bad girls will find exclusive photo galleries and personal pictures on Oxygen.com. The website also features the bad girls' personal blogs, where the ladies dish about what really happened and what never made it to air; exclusive episode outtakes; and a photo captioning contest, allowing fans to submit creative captions for new "Bad Girls" photos each week. Viewers can also weigh in with their thoughts about the show and the girls by participating in a weekly mobile poll from their cell phones or mobile devices.

Oxygen also developed a brand new application that enables fans to interact and stay connected to the show with the Tuesday Tweet. Working with the Twitter technology, the Tuesday Tweet lets fans and even cast members to post comments and questions in real time online or from their mobile phones. Oxygen's Tuesday Tweet can be found at twitter.oxygen.com.

About Oxygen:

Oxygen is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and is currently available in over 74 million homes. The network was launched in 2000 to fill a void in the television landscape -- creating a network targeted to younger women. Oxygen is rewriting the rulebook for women's television, with a vast array of unconventional and original programming including "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency," "Coolio's Rules," "The Bad Girls Club" and "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood."